James 5:1 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹ Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ COME NOW, you rich [people], weep aloud and lament over the miseries (the woes) that are surely coming upon you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Common English Bible

¹ Pay attention, you wealthy people! Weep and moan over the miseries coming upon you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.

James 5:1 Cross References

James 1:11

For the sun arose with burning heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and its beautiful appearance perished. So the rich man also shall fade away in his pursuits.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into court?

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, "Today and tomorrow let us travel to this city, and let us spend a year there, and let us trade and make a profit"-

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter change into mourning and your joy into dejection.